Enhanced Assessment
End of Grade 4 Sample NECAP Writing Items
Response to Informational Text: "The Food Guide Pyramid,"
Item: 4
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THE FOOD GUIDE
PYRAMID
Number of servings per day
The five major food groups are shown on
the Food Guide Pyramid.
- Each of these food groups provides some, but not all, of the
nutrients you need daily.
- Center your diet around the foods at the base of
the Pyramid, and eat less of the foods at the top of
the Pyramid.
- If you're watching your weight, eat the minimum number
of recommended servings. If you need to gain weight, eat the
maximum number of servings.
- In all five groups, try to choose nonfat and lean groups as
often as possible.
- Example: Choose nonfat or 1% milk instead of 2% or whole milk;
lean meat instead of fatty meat; and breads and cereals that
are not processed with a lot of fat.
W-4-2 and W-4-3:
Response to Informational Text - "Food Pyramid"
| 4. How does the food pyramid help you
make choices about food? Write a paragraph using information
from the "Food Pyramid" and what you know in your
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Item Type: CR - response to passage
Grade Level: End of Grade 4
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Alignment to GLEs
W-4-2.3: In response
to informational text, students show understanding of ideas/concepts
by. . . Connecting what has been read (plot) to prior knowledge,
which might include other texts
W-4-3.1: In response
to informational text, students make and support analytical judgments
about text by. . . Stating and maintaining a focus (purpose)
when responding to a given question
W-4-3.2: In response
to informational text students, make and support analytical judgments
about text by. . . Making inferences about events, characters,
setting, or common themes
W-4-3.3: In response
to informational text students make and support analytical judgments
about text by. . . Using specific details and references
to text to support focus
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Depth of Knowledge: Level 2 - Developing text which may
be limited to one paragraph; Using simple organizational strategies
to structure written work (e.g., basic paragraph form: indenting,
main idea, supporting details; simple transitions)
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